Airen Hale
What It's Like To Weld
Lon Hale
4/7/15
Careers 7

Why I Chose This Job
I chose this job because I wanted to learn more about welding. I wanted to know what they do because I had no idea what they did. I also picked this job because my dad ( the one who I interviewed ) does this and I wanted to know more about where he works.

How I Describe This Job.
When I describe this job I would say it's when a person welds two things together welding is when you take almost like a torch and metal and they react and stick together. After you just build what you have to.

Continued.
I would describe this job as dangerous because your going to be working with fire so you need to wear protective gear. In this job you have to be careful or you might screw up. This job might be hard to you but it depends on your work backgrounds.

About The Interviewee and Education.
The person I interviewed (my dad) is a welder and he builds ships for this job you should have two years of technical school but he got in from prior experience of working with ships and boats. But he does have an associates degree.

INFORMATION SLIDE 1 - CAREERS

• He was introduced to this career by a headhunter in other words they found him.
• He works second shift.
• He started this job about a year ago.

INTERVIEW SLIDE 2 - EDUCATION

• You must be eighteen years of age to start this job.
• My interviewee usually welds steel, Tidwell, aluminum, and stainless steel.
• He works with a lot of equipment but here are some metal forming equipment and welders.
• He works as an outfitter they fabricate and install everything in a ship.
• He works for the company called Marinette Marine Corporation.

INFORMATION SLIDE 3 - CAREER

• He does have on-the-training and he gets sent to collage classes to do them.
• He works a total of 40 hours a week which is 8 hours a day.
• He likes his work shift because he says there's fewer people around and it's less crowded.
• I asked him how much money he makes annually and he said it changes day to day because sometimes he gets a raise but around 40-90 thousand annually.
• What he likes most about his career is being active and looking at the finished project.

INFORMATION SLIDE 4 - CAREERS

• He does wear safety gear such as steel toed shoes, safety glasses, a hard hat a face shield, welding helmet, protective jeans (no shorts) and a leather jacket.
• What he doesn't like about his job is working in crowded spaces and catching on fire every now and then.
• He works on Literal Combat Ships in his job.
• He like to weld whatever needs welding.

INFORMATION SLIDE 5 - CAREERS

• He works 3pm to 11pm and he gets a break to eat dinner at 7:00 pm.
• He would recommend this job because even if you don't know how to weld they will teach you.
• I asked him if he needs to tell me anything else and he said he builds ships for the Navy.

My reflections
I think my interview went good because he answered all the questions without any hesitation. I think it was challenging to keep up with what he said with writing it. I think it was simple to just listen what he said.

My Reflections.
What I would do differently is I would try to come up with more question because it went really fast. I would also ask him to explain some more things.

My Reflections
I am still interested in this career. I say that because I learned more about it and I think I like it better. I also like it better because I learned more things like I now know that you have to be 18 to do this job and it's kind of dangerous but it still sounds fun.

WORK CITED

• Hale, Lonny. Personal Interview. 7 Apr. 2015.